Theology Live

By Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church

What's Theology Live about?

Once a month, the 20s and 30s community of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church gathers over food and drinks to engage Memphis' most compelling theological minds. Join us as we wrestle with life's most important and unsettling questions.

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Theology Live episodes:

05.14.2018
Poetry with the Rev. Katherine Bush
Our guest this episode is writer, teacher, and Episcopal priest, the Rev. Katherine Bush. Katherine is a lifelong Memphian, as well as a graduate of Rhodes College and Virginia Theological Seminary. She has served parishes in the Diocese of West...
04.23.2018
Holocaust Remembrance & Antisemitism
This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 which marked Yom HaShoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day. We welcomed guest Micah Greenstein, Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis. Micah has served Temple Israel for 26 years, 16 of those years as...
03.26.2018
Thistle Farms
Our Guest this episode is the Rev. Becca Stevens. Becca is the founder and president of Thistle Farms, the largest social enterprise in the United States run by survivors of human trafficking and the commercial sex trade. She is also...
03.04.2018
Justice and Reconciliation
Our guest this episode is the Rev. Winnie Varghese. Winnie currently serves as the Priest for Justice and Reconciliation at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. Winnie is the author of Church Meets World, Editor of What We...
12.13.2017
Take 'em Down
[update: on December 20, 2017 the Confederate statues discussed in this episode were removed from two parks in Memphis.] Join us as we talk to Tami Sawyer about Take 'em Down 901, the movement for the removal of two Confederate...
11.22.2017
Episode 20: Beloved Community
Our guest for this episode is the Rev. Virzola Law, Senior Pastor of Lindenwood Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. In this, Rev. Law's second appearance on the podcast, Meredith interviews her on the legacy of beloved community, a concept espoused...
10.17.2017
Episode 19: Theology & Race
Our guest for this episode is the Rev. Dr. Andre Johnson, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Memphis, Lecturer at Memphis Theological Seminary, Senior Pastor of Gifts of Life Ministries, and the founder and managing editor of...
09.26.2017
Episode 18: Broderick’s Exit Interview
On this special episode of Theology Live, incoming host Meredith Day takes an opportunity to turn interviewer into interviewee. Listen as the Rev. Broderick Greer speaks to us about his religious upbringing, his movement towards the priesthood, and the stories...
09.13.2017
Episode 17: Mystery, Science, and Faith
In this first episode of Theology Live's third season, Father Broderick is joined by Mike McHargue, author and host of The Liturgists Podcast and Ask Science Mike. Mike helps us probe the complex dimensions of Mystery, Science, and Christian faith.
06.07.2017
Episode 16: The Trinity
Listen in as Dr. Keith Ward, former Regius Professor of Divinity at the University Oxford, discusses the Trinity in the context of the cosmos, closing out season two of Theology Live.
05.03.2017
Episode 15: MLK and Memphis
Tied to Memphis forever is the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the 39 year old black Baptist minister and civil rights activist on April 4, 1968. Less present in many of our memories, though, is the...
04.16.2017
Holy Week: Easter Vigil
Called the "Queen of All Feasts" by theologians and liturgists alike, the Great Vigil of Easter gathers the whole sweep of the Church Year into one liturgy, highlighting the long record of God's saving deeds throughout history.
04.14.2017
Holy Week: Good Friday
Good Friday is singular in its ability to gather humanity's desperations and hopes into one day. Listen in as we explore both on history's darkest day.
04.13.2017
Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
On this special edition of Theology Live, Father Broderick invites listeners to enter the mystery and glory of the Triduum, beginning with Maundy Thursday. In that liturgy, worshipers wash each others' feet and recall Jesus' final meal with his friends....
04.04.2017
Bonus: Music at Clayborn Temple
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was martyred in Memphis on April 4, 1968, while in town to support the contentious sanitation workers' strike. Throughout the strike, Clayborn Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church served as a nerve center for...
03.15.2017
Episode 14: Reproductive Justice
This month's guest is the Rev. Faye London, Interfaith Outreach Coordinator for SisterReach, a Memphis-based grassroots Reproductive Justice Organization. As an advocate for Black women, Faye seeks to foster an understanding of Black women’s bodies as fully participating in God’s...
02.22.2017
Episode 13: Womanist Theology
In this episode, the Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman, Ph. D., discusses the black body as a "theological problem", the future of the Black Church, and her current womanist theological scholarship. The only womanist theological ethicist on the Yale University Divinity...
12.20.2016
Episode 12: Incarnation
“This world is pregnant with God,” said Blessed Angela of Foligno. This quote comes to us in rich and new ways as we journey through Advent, the days leading up to the Feast of the Nativity - Christmas. Days in...
11.10.2016
Episode 11: Presidential Election
Every four years, the United States of America holds a presidential election, putting a number of ideas, ideals, personalities, and historical trajectories on a given ballot. On November 8, 2016, that tradition continued with the election of Donald John Trump,...
10.25.2016
Episode 10: #WhiteChurchQuiet
After pondering about the relative silence of White Christians in the latest spate of high-profile police killings of black Americans, the Rev. Dr. André Johnson took to Twitter and began #whitechurchquiet. In the weeks and months to follow, a conversation...
10.04.2016
Listener Mail: Sex and Race
In this first installment of "Listener Mail", Father Broderick addresses two questions posed by a Theology Live listener; one about sexual ethics and another about the role of racism in theology. Margaret Farley's "Just Love" is cited in the sexual...
09.21.2016
Episode 9: Art
"[W]hen Anglicanism is at its best, its liturgy, its poetry, its music and its life can create a world of wonder in which it is very easy to fall in love with God,” wrote Episcopal priest and theologian Urban T....
06.20.2016
Episode 8: Revivalism
"What makes us Protestant should also make us anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-heteronormative," says the Rev. Dr. Courtney Pace, a statement that stands over and against many of the ways Christians use racism, sexism, and heterosexism to oppress others. In this...
05.17.2016
Bonus: HERmeneutics
On this special episode of Theology Live, we share the Question and Answer segment from the Rev. Janae Pitts-Murdock's conversation on black women and/in the Bible.
04.16.2016
Episode 7: HERmeneutics
“African-American women are not newcomers to biblical interpretation,” says Dr. Nyasha Junior in her book An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation. For centuries, black women have read, improvised, preached, and riffed off of biblical texts; texts which have often been...
03.14.2016
Episode 6: Extremism
Religious extremism doesn't happen over night. Almost no one notices it's happening when it's happening. Join Rabbi Katie Bauman as she discusses how people of faith and conscience might resist the lure of extremism.
02.18.2016
Episode 5: Lent
A holy Lent is not necessarily a burdensome Lent. For those who observe the forty day ritual fast leading up to the Great Vigil of Easter, it is a time of self-examination, penitence, and grace. Join Father Auggie DeArmond as...
12.16.2015
Episode 4: Vulnerability
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it,” says scholar and storyteller, Dr. Brene Brown. “Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love...
11.19.2015
Episode 3: Literature
"We need all the stories we can get," says the Reverend Katherine Bush in this episode of Theology Live. Listen in as she explores how the intersection of literature and theology reveals the ways in which we are loved, cherished,...
11.03.2015
Episode 2: #BlackLivesMatter
On July 13, 2013, in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal for the murder of Trayvon Martin, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrise Cullors proclaimed, "Black lives matter," launching a movement. Listen as the Rev. Dr. Andre Johnson discusses how...
09.30.2015
Episode 1: Eschatology
With cultural challenges like climate change, gentrification, militarization of law enforcement, and multiple foreign conflicts, why should Christian people be concerned with eschatology? Join Pastor Jonathan McIntosh as he discusses what he sees as a trajectory of generative urbanism throughout...

What's Theology Live about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Theology Live episodes:

Poetry with the Rev. Katherine Bush

Holocaust Remembrance & Antisemitism

Thistle Farms

Justice and Reconciliation

Take 'em Down

Episode 20: Beloved Community

Episode 19: Theology & Race

Episode 18: Broderick’s Exit Interview

Episode 17: Mystery, Science, and Faith

Episode 16: The Trinity

Episode 15: MLK and Memphis

Holy Week: Easter Vigil

Holy Week: Good Friday

Holy Week: Maundy Thursday

Bonus: Music at Clayborn Temple

Episode 14: Reproductive Justice

Episode 13: Womanist Theology

Episode 12: Incarnation

Episode 11: Presidential Election

Episode 10: #WhiteChurchQuiet

Listener Mail: Sex and Race

Episode 9: Art

Episode 8: Revivalism

Bonus: HERmeneutics

Episode 7: HERmeneutics

Episode 6: Extremism

Episode 5: Lent

Episode 4: Vulnerability

Episode 3: Literature

Episode 2: #BlackLivesMatter

Episode 1: Eschatology